District Court, E.D. Tennessee September 17, 2002, Nos. 3:01-CV-22, 3:01-CV-37 (Ball v. Union Carbide Corp.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JARVIS, District Judge.

These two putative class actions arise out of claims of dangerous exposure to radioactive and other toxic substances in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and surrounding areas over the more than 50 year period that atomic bombs were manufactured there.